NAME
    esdctl - The Enlightened Sound Daemon

DESCRIPTION
    Command-line control program for EsounD

USAGE
    esdctl [options] [command]

    options: "-s", --server=host:port contact esd server on host at port

    commands:

 lock      foreign clients may not use the server
 unlock      foreign clients may use the server
 standby, off     suspend sound output for other programs
 resume, on     resume sound output
 cache sample     cache a sample in the server
 getid name     retrieve a sample id from its name
 free name     uncache a sample in the server
 play name     play a cached sample once
 loop name     make a cached sample loop
 stop name     stop the looping sample at end
 serverinfo     get server info from server
 allinfo      get player and sample info from server
 panstream id left right set  panning for a stream
 pansample id left right set  default panning for a sample
       - left/right pan values scaled to 256.
 standbymode     see if server's on standby, etc.

SEE ALSO
   esd(1),esdcat(1),esddsp(1),esdloop(1),esdplay(1),esdsample(1),
    esd-config(1),esdfilt(1),esdmon(1),esdrec(1)